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Former American tennis player Chris Evert has been one of the legends of this game. In her decorated career, she won a total number of 18 Grand Slam titles. After retiring from tennis, she has become a host and commentator for ESPN. Also, she has been talking publically over her battle with stage one ovarian cancer. Despite all of that, she is pretty active on social media, especially Twitter. Recently, she posted a picture of other legendary tennis players and commentators, which could make any tennis fan nostalgic. 

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Chris Evert posts a picture with some legends

Recently, Chris Evert, the former world no.1, posted a classy picture on her official Twitter account. In this picture, we saw a former Australian tennis player and the current commentator for ESPN, Rennae Stubbs. Along with her, Chris McKendry, a former Sportcenter journalist and the current tennis host for ESPN, was also there. American actress Maeve Quinlan was also there, along with the other three ladies. 

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Although the picture looked pretty good, Evert had something interesting to say about that picture. In the caption, she wrote, “Ok, I confess I know nothing about filters, but I came across this today, and there MUST be filters because we don’t look this good in real life…⁦@ChrisMcKendry⁩ ⁦@rennaestubbs⁩ ⁦@maevequinlan⁩.”

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It seemed like Evert surprised herself with the quality of that picture. Also, all the ladies in this picture looked absolutely stunning, even Evert could not believe it. 

Evert had a great rivalry with rival and friend Martina Navratilova 

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Once known as America’s tennis sweetheart, Evert had a tremendous career as a professional tennis player. Evert first came into the spotlight when she beat Margaret Court at the age of 15. After making her professional debut in 1972, she won 1302 matches in her career, the second most number in the world, behind Navratilova (1442). 

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Also, she won the most singles titles in history, i.e. 157; Martina is no.1 with 167 titles. The rivalry between Evert and Navratilova was actually one of the greatest rivalries in the history of tennis. Although Martina has a better head-to-head record (43-37) against Evert, she was winning everything against the Czech player at the beginning. Incidentally, both of them won an equal number of Grand Slam titles, i.e. 18. 

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Who had a better career between Martina and Evert? Let us know in the comments. 

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Debkinkar Maity is an NBA Writer and content head at EssentiallySports. He holds a Master's degree in Mass Communication and Journalism from a premier institution. He specializes in covering a wide range of themes, including trade updates and understanding fan reactions and narrating the emotions through his words, among others. A specialist in NBA trade deadlines, Debkinkar finds his passion in the Lakers' legend, LeBron James. In his free time, he also enjoys playing soccer, which adds to his already impressive understanding of various sports.

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